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(ABC/Gilles Mingasson) REBEL WILSON SUPER FUN NIGHT - "Anything for Love" -- Kimmie wants the gang to broaden their horizons and try something they've never done before. But she's not so brave when she finds out their next super fun night destination is a piano bar. Can she face her biggest fear, singing in public? Meanwhile, Kendall can't understand why Richard and Kimmie are friends and plans to do something about it, on "Super Fun Night," WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2 (9:31-10:00 p.m. ET) on the ABC Television Network. (ABC/Gilles Mingasson) REBEL WILSON ABC—© 2013 American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) Oct 3, 2013 9:45 AM UTC When Marianne Kirby saw the [Associated Press review](http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2013/10/01/arts/ap-us-tv-review-super-fun-night.html?ref=entertainment) of Rebel Wilson’s new sitcom, _Super Fun Night_ (premiering Oct. 2 on ABC), she winced. In the first sentence, Wilson is compared to “another portly comedian, the late John Candy.” Kirby, an activist and writer who focuses on the politics of weight and body image, wasn’t surprised to see that Wilson had created a character who talks a lot about her own size—”that’s kind of part of her schtick,” says Kirby. And, while disappointed, she expected that people talking about Wilson would address that issue too, specifically referencing another large-sized comedian. After all, the way critics and writers talk about actress’ bodies isn’t exactly controversy-free: earlier this year, [Rex Reed’s review ](http://observer.com/2013/02/declined-in-identity-thief-batemans-bankable-billing-cant-lift-this-flick-out-of-the-red/)of “tractor-size” Melissa McCarthy in _Identity Thief_ [drew ire](http://www.deadline.com/2013/06/melissa-mccarthy-rex-reed-review-response/), and Gawker recently did a [round-up](http://gawker.com/is-rebel-wilson-fat-1326926180) of all the ways Rebel Wilson’s weight was inserted into a _New York_ magazine profile. What was unexpected to Kirby was a new conversation the show engendered. Though _Super Fun Night_ has received mixed notices, reviews of the show may herald a new era in the way actors’ looks are discussed. A large number of critics have shifted the discussion from Wilson’s body type to the way the show relies so heavily on it for its humor. “She always has the right \[to make fun of herself\],” says Kirby, “and everybody else has the right to be uncomfortable about it and not think it’s funny. I don’t think it’s a problem to talk about her body unless it’s the only thing people are talking about. In coverage I’ve read, people are talking how she talks about her own body, which is absolutely fair game.” (**MORE**: [Mary Pols reviews _Pitch Perfect_](http://entertainment.time.com/2012/09/27/pitch-perfect-back-to-school-isnt-usually-this-much-fun/)) Even on a subject with which it’s so easy to offend, response to _Super Fun Night_‘s fat jokes has been nearly unanimous—and nearly unanimously meets Kirby’s standards of respectfulness. That Associated Press review, for example, goes to on say that “Wilson has burdened \[her character\] Kimmie Boubier with constant tiresome references to her less-than-perfect physique.” “Presumably we’re supposed to find Wilson’s incessant self-deprecation somehow empowering, like a veiled form of self-confidence. But the frequency of the weight-related punchlines, not to mention the droll way in which Wilson delivers them, ends up being depressing,” says [_The Daily Beast_](http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/10/02/rebel-wilson-s-super-fun-night-is-not-so-fun.html). “Still, while the star’s skill is beyond question, the show may want to limit how often it asks us to laugh at what are, essentially, fat jokes, even when the overweight person is in control of the joke. There are only so many times you can use Kimmie being disrobed in public as a subject of humor without it crossing from comic to cruel,” says [_USA Today_](http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/tv/2013/10/01/super-fun-night-review/2902151/). “Simply put, Wilson is a big girl. And despite some obvious quirky charm and keen comedic instincts, she’s stuck in a show/role that relies almost completely on fat jokes…” says [_The Winnipeg Free Press_](http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/entertainment/TV/fun-show-needs-to-trim-the-fat-jokes-226092771.html)_,_ “that quickly begin to feel more pathetic than amusing.” Because the show relies so heavily on those jokes—a sweaty Spanx gag, for example, or Wilson’s character’s frantic rush for free doughnuts—even the headline writers who use quips like “living large” and “trim the fat” aren’t referring to Wilson’s weight unprompted. (**MORE**: [Mary Pols reviews _Bridesmaids_)](http://entertainment.time.com/2011/05/11/bridesmaids-kristin-wiig-review/) Which is not to say that the way we talk about size is suddenly perfect. The next step, says Kirby, is to examine not just whether Wilson’s fat jokes are funny but why she might make them. There’s a distinction between making fun of yourself because it hurts less than hearing others make fun of you (Kirby’s suggestion for the motivation behind many size gags) and making fun of yourself because you’re a professional comedian (Wilson’s [own explanation](http://metro.co.uk/2013/09/15/rebel-wilson-im-a-big-girl-im-allowed-to-dish-out-the-fat-jokes-4017237/) for why she makes jokes about her appearance). Even when Wilson’s jokes work, like in her widely acclaimed _Pitch Perfect_ turn as the character “Fat Amy,” the line is still there. Kirby says she couldn’t make it all the way through that movie: “\[Rebel Wilson\] is super charming and she has a great energy about her, but as a fat person, and as a fat person who has worked really hard in body acceptance both personally and in an activist capacity, it’s really painful to watch those sorts of jokes.” With _Super Fun Night_, the discomfort is being felt outside the fat-activism community too—and that’s a good sign that fat jokes are no longer seen as harmless gimmes. “Every time I click on something \[about _Super Fun Night_\], I’m kind of wary,” says Kirby. “I do have that fear that it’s going to be horrible. Then, when it’s like, ‘hey, we don’t want to watch her constantly put herself down, that’s not funny and it’s boring,’ that is totally a pleasant surprise. 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